Heres How Far Mortgage Rates Could Fall after the September Fed Meeting

Fed Minutes May Show Why More Rate Cuts Will Face Hurdles

After a quarter-point cut in December, Chairman Jerome Powell said policymakers may be more cautious, since the incoming administration will create more uncertainty.

Inc. - 6d

Fed’s Waller backs more rate cuts, says he doesn’t think proposed Trump tariffs will spark inflation

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Wednesday that he doesn’t think that proposed import tariffs from the incoming Trump administration will lead to upward pressure on inflation.

MarketWatch - 6d

Mortgage rates hit highest level since July, crushing application demand

Total mortgage application volume dropped 3.7% compared with the previous week.

CNBC - 6d

Here's where mortgage rates could be headed in 2025

Mortgage rates in 2025 are expected to remain above 6%, according to multiple industry forecasts.

The Hill - 6d

Venezuela’s military could desert Maduro after Syrian ally’s fall, opposition leader says

María Corina Machado argues military chiefs fear meeting same fate as Assad’s generals

Financial Times - Jan. 8

Trump: ‘Interest rates are far too high’

President-elect Trump on Tuesday declared interest rates are too high even as he decried still-elevated inflation, setting up renewed tensions with the central bank chair who resisted pressure cut ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

College basketball rankings: No. 1 Tennessee faces toughest test so far when it meets Florida on the road

The Gators are coming off their first loss of the season as they play host to the Volunteers, ranked No. 1 in the Top 25 And 1

CBS Sports - Jan. 7

Here’s What Will Happen After the TikTok Ban

The popular social video platform will stop getting updates until the app becomes unusable, while about 7,000 U.S. employees remain uncertain about their jobs.

Inc. - Jan. 7

‘You’re gonna find this creepy’: my AI-cloned voice was used by the far right. Could I stop it? | Georgina Findlay

It was chilling to hear ‘my voice’ repeating lies – and to discover that deepfake audio is a growing threat to democracy. Georgina Findlay is a writer and presenter at the YouTube channel TLDR ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Palo Alto Networks’ stock could fall nearly 30% if this ‘sell’ call plays out

A Guggenheim analyst says that investors should take a closer look at several key metrics.

MarketWatch - Jan. 6

New York Crime Rate Falls, but Number of Felony Assaults Rises Again

Killings and shootings have dropped, but headlines have been dominated by terrifying crimes, like the killing of a woman who was burned to death on the F train.

The New York Times - Jan. 6

Austria Could Get a Far-Right Chancellor. Here’s What to Know.

The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed.

The New York Times - Jan. 6

A far-right leader could soon take the helm in EU member country Austria. Here's why it matters

Austria could soon have its first government led by the far right since World War II

ABC News - Jan. 6

7 ways to get a lower mortgage rate in 2025

Lowering your interest rate can save you money over the life of the loan. Here are seven ways to make it happen.

CBS News - Jan. 6

Fed has hit the pause button for rates, and may only cut once this year, experts say

The Federal Reserve is going to sit on the sidelines and may only cut rates once this year, according to prominent economists attending the American Economic Association meeting in San Francisco ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 6

A 2022 law changed how Congress counts electoral votes. Here's how.

Monday's joint session will be governed by a revised set of procedures that clarify the vice president's role, a change aimed at preventing attempts to overturn election results.

CBS News - Jan. 6

Austrian far-right leader meets president, likely to be asked to form government

Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is meeting the country’s president as expectations mount that he will be tasked with trying to form a new government, which would be the first led by the ...

ABC News - Jan. 6

How Austria’s embrace of the far right could fracture the EU centre

Also in this newsletter: The next EU leaders’ meeting searches for a venue

Financial Times - Jan. 6

Bitcoin could top $125,000 or fall toward $77,000 this quarter — depending on what Trump does next

Here are three major factors that could drive bitcoin’s price in the first quarter.

MarketWatch - Jan. 5

Austria’s president to meet far-right leader amid coalition speculation

‘New path’ to power may be opening for FPÖ after collapse of talks between country’s centrist parties. Austria’s president has said he will meet the leader of the country’s far-right Freedom party ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

Austrian chancellor quits as bid to form coalition without far right falls apart

The leadership of Austria’s ruling conservatives held a crisis meeting on Sunday to pick a successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who announced his resignation on Saturday as attempts to form a ...

NBC News - Jan. 5

In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Spaces and Freedoms After al-Assad’s Fall

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again.

The New York Times - Jan. 5

Father of UGA's Smart dies after Sugar Bowl fall

Georgia coach Kirby Smart's father, Sonny, died Saturday morning after suffering complications from hip surgery he underwent following a fall in New Orleans before the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

ESPN - Jan. 4